News from Mr. Cassie

Congratulations Mr. Richardson on Retirement!

After 33 years serving children and families throughout the area, Mr. Richardson is retiring as the assistant principal of Shumate Middle School. Words can’t describe how much Mr. Richardson has meant to our students and the positive culture of Shumate and Carlson. Congratulations and best wishes, Mr. Richardson!

Mr. Bouwman, Teacher of the Year!

Congratulations, Mr. Bouwman, named Teacher of the Year by Michigan Science Teacher Association! Thank you for your hard work and dedication to our students and our school! #GettingScienceDone#GSDPride

Click on the image above to watch a short video honoring Mr. Bouwman.

Mr. Liptow Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

Shumate Middle School teacher and varsity baseball coach, Chad Liptow, was recently selected to be inducted into the Carlson High School Baseball Hall of Fame. While in high school, Chad played four years of varsity baseball under Dave Sontag at Jefferson High School as an outfielder and catcher. Unfortunately, a sliding injury left a metal plate and eleven screws in his ankle and ended any chance of finishing his senior year. After graduating, Chad coached at Jefferson for ten years before being hired as a fourth grade teacher at Chapman. In 2003, he moved up to teach eighth grade history at Shumate and was hired to coach varsity baseball in the spring. Coach Liptow is a graduate of the University of Toledo and also worked on the assembly line at Ford Motor Company for five years. He has coached six years of JV football, as well as two years at the freshman level, and three years at the eighth grade level with a record of 61-19-3.

Chad was hired to take over the varsity baseball program in 2004 and has compiled a career record of 263-244-9. Coach Liptow now ranks #1 in career wins in Carlson Baseball history!

During Chad’s tenure as varsity baseball coach his accomplishments include:

Construction of dugouts and press box

Fencing enhancements

Windscreen/signs

60 stadium seats

Tarps

Hitting shell

Storage building

10 flip seats

38 visitor seats

Turf in hitting net/bullpens

Field drag

Sound system

Upgrade equipment/uniforms/field/pitch count

Over $100,000 fundraising

Construction of website documenting program history

15 years running youth clinic

11 years spring trip to Cincinnati

2006, 2009, 2011 championships

Form Hall of Fame/alumni game

Support/help formation of Mini Marauder League in 2014

16 players sign to play college baseball

13 years summer league / organize league 10 years /summer wooden bat champs 2012 and 2014

Played or practiced at 9 different college fields

Scoreboards (school purchase)

Coached two All-State players, four players who competed in High School All-Star game and former player selected in the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft - currently rostered with the Detroit Tigers.

Congratulations to Coach Chad Liptow for being the 2018/19 Baseball Hall of Fame selection.

PSAT Information and Resources

On October 10th, 8th grade students took the PSAT at Shumate Middle School. It's a chance for them to start exploring their path to college and beyond.

We encourage students ages 13 and older to set up a College Board account. It makes it easy for them to access their scores and provides useful tools for every step of their journey to college. Just remind them to link their parents' email to their account when they sign up, so they'll also get reminders and college planning guidance from the College Board.